"Crossing" - an all-Union football tournament for youth and youth teams (from the second draw [1] - for players of the teams of the second league and KFK [2] ), held in the USSR . It was organized in 1978 by the Football Directorate of the Sports Committee of the USSR , and coined by Lev Filatov , editor-in-chief of the Football-Hockey publication, which was then a weekly supplement to the newspaper Sovetsky Sport . The author of the “Crossings” emblem was artist Vladimir Shelushkov.
| "Crossing" | |
|---|---|
| “Crossing” - All-Union tournament of youth teams for the prize of the weekly Football-Hockey Weekly | |
| Based | 1978 |
| Reorganized | 1992 [ specify ] |
| Region |  the USSR |
| Related Tournaments | League Two , Championship of the RSFSR, KFK |
| Last winner | team of Ashgabat [ specify ] |
| Most titled | team Dnepropetrovsk (3) [ specify ] |
Content
History
The first draw of the tournament started on November 19, 1978 (it was also called the USSR Youth Championship (players under the age of 20 years) for the prize “Soccer-Hockey” weekly “Crossing”) [3] . The winner was the Ukrainian team, in the final match at the Republican Stadium in Sukhumi, defeating the Moscow team - 0: 0, pen. 5: 4. The best players in the lineup, the symbolic team were also determined, and a special jury (composed of such experts as Y. Lovchev , Yu. Semin , A. Golodets and others over the years) determined the best team that was awarded the challenge prize of the Federation of Football Unions “Attacking style” (the national team of Belarus became it in 1978) [4] .
The tournament was attended by interested observers, among whom were M. Yakushin , L. Yashin , V. Nikolaev , A. Shesternev , S. Salnikov and others. The game was controlled by an experienced panel of judges. According to the organizers, the tournament was supposed to contribute to the “take-off of juniors so that they could then confidently cross to the shores of adult football, football masters” [5] . The purpose of the “Crossing”: improving the quality of training of young football players, improving the selection of the most capable team masters, identifying candidates for the country's youth team [6] .
Over the years, the tournament was attended by football players Yuri Zheludkov , Stanislav Cherchesov , Viktor Losev , Alexander Borodyuk , Ramiz Mammadov , Valery Sarychev , Alexander Polukarov , Anatoly Demyanenko , Sergey Bashkirov , Alexey Prudnikov , Andrey Pyatnitsky , Valery Masalitin , Robert Evdokimov , Oleg Dmitriev , the coaches of the teams were Valery Nepomnyashchiy , Anzor Kavazashvili [1] [7] [8] .
At first, the tournament was really a review of the best young players who have chances to get into the teams of masters, the competitions were covered in detail not only in the Soccer Hockey weekly, but also in the newspapers Pravda , Komsomolskaya Pravda , Sovetsky Sport , players the winners became candidates for the master of sports, the winning coaches were awarded the title of Honored Trainer of the Republic. However, after several years the situation began to change, the popularity of the tournament began to decline [9] , there were changes in the recruitment of participants. Wishes were expressed to change the age limits of the players. In 1987, it was proposed to reformat the tournament, changing the dates (from April to autumn), to increase the number of teams, including up to eight in the final tournament [8] , but this was not done.
Format
The competition was held in two stages: first, the teams were divided into four territorial zones, where games were held in one round , then the winners of the zonal tournaments in the cup system won the prizes in the final bullet.
The youth teams of the Union republics, as well as the teams of Moscow and Leningrad, initially participated in the tournament. Since 1986, the composition of the participants has been changed: at the “Ferry Crossing” -86, teams of central councils of the DSS and departments participated [10] , in 1987 and 1988, the teams of students in grades 10-11 of sports boarding schools (at the “Crossing” -87 teams of Kharkov and Volgograd were made up of players a year older) [9] [11] , in 1989-1991 - teams of schools of the Olympic reserve.
Until 1986, the competition took place in the south of the country - the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus ( Sochi , Adler , Hosta , Sukhumi , Batumi ), in 1987, 4 Transcarpathian cities accepted the “Crossing”: Mukachevo , Beregovo , Khust and Vinogradov [9] [8] , in The tournament was again held in Transcarpathia in 1988, in 1989 in the city of Kropotkin (Krasnodar Territory) [12] , in 1990 in Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk Region) [13] , in 1991 in Dneprodzerzhinsk (Dnipropetrovsk Region) [14] .
Results
| Year | Winner | Final score | Finalist | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Ukraine | 0-0, pen. 5: 4 | Moscow | Belarus |
| 1979 | Leningrad | 0-0, pen. 5: 4 | Moscow | Belarus |
| 1980 | Tajikistan | 0-0, pen. 5: 4 | Moldova | RSFSR |
| 1981 | Ukraine | 2: 1 | Belarus | RSFSR |
| 1982 | Moscow | 3-0 | Armenia | Belarus |
| 1983 | Tajikistan | 3-0 | Azerbaijan | RSFSR |
| 1984 | RSFSR | Lithuania | Georgia | |
| 1985 | RSFSR | 1: 1, pen. 5: 3 | Georgia | Lithuania |
| 1986 | CSKA | 1-0 | "Dynamo" | "Harvest" |
| 1987 | Kharkov | 1-0 | Moscow | Volgograd |
| 1988 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Lviv | Kiev | |
| 1989 | Dnepropetrovsk | Kiev | Panevezys | |
| 1990 | Dnepropetrovsk | Rostov-on-Don | Tashkent | |
| 1991 | Ashgabat | Alma-ata | Dnepropetrovsk |
In addition to the Crossing, other tournaments for youth and youth teams were also held: the Cup of Hope [15] [9] , the Youth Cup [16] , the Labor Reserves tournament [17] , the N.P. Morozov tournament [ 9] , the children's tournament “ Leather Ball ”, and in the Russian period from 2002 to 2009 the PFL Youth Cup “Hope” was held , in 2019 a decision was made to revive it under the name “Crossing” [18] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Weekly Soccer Hockey Weekly, No. 49 dated December 9, 1984
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 47 dated November 25, 1979, p. 7 - With a dream - on the field
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 47 dated November 19, 1978
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 49 dated December 10, 1978
- ↑ Soccer Hockey Weekly, No. 41, October 8, 1978
- ↑ Football-Hockey Weekly, No. 50, December 11, 1983, pp. 6-7 - Is it possible to fly tar without a spoon? Bridges to nowhere
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 49 dated December 8, 1985, p. 10 - To summarize the acquisitions
- ↑ 1 2 3 Weekly Soccer Hockey Weekly, No. 48 dated November 29, 1987, pp. 12-13 - Where do the bridges lead
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Weekly Soccer Hockey Weekly, No. 47 dated November 20, 1988, p. 16
- ↑ Football-Hockey Weekly, No. 48 dated November 30, 1986, pp. 6-7 - Scaffolding instead of bridges
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 47 dated November 22, 1987, p. 7 - At a New Level
- ↑ Football-Hockey Weekly, No. 46 dated November 19, 1989, p. 13 - Logical result
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 47 dated November 25, 1990, p. 16 - “Crossing”
- ↑ Football Weekly, No. 49 dated December 8, 1991, p. 16 - “Ferry” in Dneprodzerzhinsk
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 48 dated November 30, 1986, p. 2 - The Cup of Hope
- ↑ Football-1989. All-Union tournaments. Soccer Calendar 1989
- ↑ Football Hockey Weekly, No. 48 dated November 27, 1988, p. 11 - Reserves of Labor Reserves
- ↑ PFL Council meeting April 25, 2019